Americans Remain Fond Of Needlessly Large Homes. Thoreau Weights In

Thoreau's 150 Square Foot Cabin (Re-Built)

"Thoreau On Economy"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/07/thoreau-on-economy-walden.html

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"There was a time during the Great Recession when it looked like Americans were rethinking our mega-homes....Clearly, that moment has passed. Census data released Monday on the characteristics of new single-family housing construction confirms that the median size of a new pad in America is bigger than it's ever been....In 2013, the median size of a new single-family home completed in the United States was 2,384 square feet....What, then, do we want all of this room for? What's particularly striking in the Census Bureau's historic data on new housing characteristics is the growth of what would be luxuries for many households." Emily Badger in The Washington Post.